Table 4. Summary Fluted Point Data by State in the Southeastern United States

State

State Area in Square Miles

Location

Number of Points

County Level Data

Points Per 1000 Square Miles

Primary References

Alabama

51,609

E

1654

1654

32.05

Futato 1982, 1996; Futato et al. 1992

Arkansas

53,104

W

102

89

1.92

Gillam 1995, 1996; Dan F. Morse: personal communication

District of Columbia

67

E

3

3

44.78

Meltzer 1988:12

Florida

58,560

E

537

535

9.17

Dunbar and Waller 1983:19; Dunbar 1991:193, 198-211, personal communication

Georgia

58,876

E

126

123

2.14

Anderson et al. 1990

Kentucky

40,395

E

290

290

7.18

Rolingson 1964:23

Louisiana

48,523

W

48

48

0.99

Gagliano and Gregory 1965; Philip K. Rivet, personal communication

Mississippi

47,716

E

70

70

1.47

McGahey 1987:2, 1996, personal communication

North Carolina

52,586

E

444

436

8.44

Peck 1988; Daniel 1997

South Carolina

31,055

E

317

317

10.21

Charles 1986:16, personal communication; Goodyear et al. 1990

Tennessee

42,244

E

379

372

8.97

Broster and Norton 1996; John B. Broster: personal communication

Virginia

40,817

E

956

868

23.42

McCary 1984; 1988; Johnson and Pearsall 1991a, 199b, 1993, 1995, 1996

Grand Totals

525,552

 

4,926

4,805

9.37

 

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